Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
The Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera are the orchestral and choral forces of the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
The Metropolitan Opera was founded in 1883 and became one of the leading opera companies in the United States.
The orchestra and chorus have performed the core international opera repertory across Italian, German, French, Russian and other traditions.
Recorded 1950-51
Total duration: 89:47
Lily Pons
Martha Lipton
Richard Tucker
Charles Kullman
John Brownlee
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Broadcast performance, 1942
Total duration: 2hr 00:23
Bruno Landi Nemorino
Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Ettore Panizza, conductor
WAGNER Der Fliegende Holländer
VERDI La Traviata - Prelude to Act 3
Live broadcast production, Met Opera, 5 March 1960
Total duration: 2hr 23:48
Senta - Leonie Rysanek
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Thomas Schippers, conductor
WAGNER Parsifal
Live broadcast performance, 1954
Total duration: 4hr 24:04
Parsifal - Set Svanholm
Kundry - Astrid Varnay
Amfortas - George London
Gurnemanz - Hans Hotter
Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera
Conducted by Fritz Stiedry
Broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 58:41
Anna Moffo Liù
Franco Corelli Calaf
Choir and Orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera, New York
Leopold Stokowski, conductor
DONIZETTI Lucia di Lammermoor
Live broadcast performance, 1961
Total duration: 1hr 55:34
Joan Sutherland - Lucia
Richard Tucker - Edgardo
Frank Guarrera - Enrico
Nicola Moscona - Raimondo
Robert Nagy - Normanno
Thelma Votipka - Alisa
Charles Anthony - Arturo
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Conducted by Silvio Varviso
